►POTTSVILU .
TURBAN M s MAN% APRIL 1141,,
usttlatotts. ,
- - The tribifthser. tett for one of the best Incur
littee oriels MPhil e4phiu, is prepared to make in
='rturanaes 'citt all threriptions of property such as
' 'Mouses. Mint. Stables, Goods, Furniture. ate.. ate ,
at the very lowest rates. ` 1 - B. BANYAN.
i ns Single ertp6's of the Miners' Journal. esn
he obtained of 51r.4n W. Cerr, No. 85, Chesnut
cheat; (Nation'd .rorum office.) every Saturday
iierenng, eitiere ,, aeqls riptione and sthertisemcnt:
atm* will be received. _
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z' - `don Silver , alins, v. Anthrax 99 and the
' - -- Coid Trade.
Our readers are generally aware that a number
' e . 'ref articles from the pen of Joo Silver and signed
", vt-Anthras " emtellished the columns of the Pub.
_ liielrellgerfrotime l to time last year, comment.,
_i, ing in June•ett tending with the close of the nevi.'
ni l
.-ration. These dillies, of mthich there were a regu.
:. .liitetien;iverettrrintm . eviderfflyttrffh the intention
of deterring shipments and creating a short sup.
—, ply of Coal in f the market, which the Writer en
.' - deavorr,rl to effect by ,erroneoris calculations join.
' tvd tin - false dednecions therefrom, for the tiurpos e
..Of proving that , 4tmould great surplus inevitably
be the consequence of a continuttinn to putchase
We have avoided taking any noose of Joe late
ly, an& would net: advert to hiriO now, were-it not
that' be has - ommenced:Occond series of his
Iravh, and isle in endeavoring to arrogateto him
telf the cense hip of the Trade... A knowledge
• 1,1.136 character, as well as his uen'al.schemes far
enliaiicidg h:s private speCZilation's, must be our
apvlogy for troubing our re tders with this refer
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, . Antal to i ltim. k•
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- - Ina article publkthed towarJs the latter end
t ,3
7 =-- (triune r
eta the consumption of coal
for 1811 at 870,000 tong. which he knew to be
... imtnn.,a the overate-ice. far the same year at
150 ; 000 tond,,,peh he a'so most have known to
. -- 7 r 14..."figar'yhe m de a . tolerable ttmes by Placing the
leotiaido supply 14 1942 at 1.200.0f0 ton•. Here
Then follows his argument as based cyan the above
statement.
" Cheapness increases consumption, and the
stoppage of manufactories (on account of losses
on their goods by the credit system) decfenses
•it. These two antagonbA causes will perhaps
-halanewecett --other. Rut the general economy
that must , prevail in our cities this year, will pro.
hably throw the balance against any increase of
demand over last year. This however, will be
' , Why met by. the increased wanted housekeepers,
tffithe,wieter should prove of ordinary severity ;
- •-and more, if the season 'should prove onnaually
intlemcbt. The inutorts of foreign coal should
beinuch less, while the low prices rule. Taking
anthem things into account, I puedown the con_
. sunittlion of anthracite coal for this year, to April
• Ilst,l 43, at one million-of tons,paleolating Cur
. a winter of ordinary severity. This amount will
folly cover the actual consumption, and of
course - We shall have an overstock tif 2014,000
. • tone."
Some rime in October last, 1 he again published
en arncle in the Ledger, whicluontened nothing
more: hail a recapitulation of his .former argu
' - men•it, and With a pertinacity and recklessness of
falsehood, which aiannished those who did not
linear him, persisted in his untrue] assertions L
Fearing that i some persons, ignorant of hia true
characteronigbt !e influenced by his writings,sp
as to cease purchasing, we waived any repugance
we might have felt against noticing him,tand
in
iwered. calculations briefly. P rom our reply
',-• we extract The followings
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The writer s'Ates•thot iliac supply of coal this
year, will exceed the/quantify co:warned last year,
about .315,0GOttens—tind vrinscquently there will
rionsiara stirplesin 'the market unsold next.A pr it
-ofdtboot 200.000 tens. This statement is sirens.
cos. and may, where the author is not known,ll.
. does purchases to, hold back, under the impres
' vim that so large a surplus might produce a Mr.
ther diminution in the price. Such however, Will
not be the ease 'nor will the quantity of coal
thrown Mid tho market this year be any greater
than - the wants of the market will require.,
The general impression is, that if we alionld
have even an ordinary winter, together with the
cheapness of the article, the censuinption for the
'present year will Mr increased at least 150,000
tons. leaving a surplus of only 50.P1I0'tnns, winch,
if equally distributed among the different markets,
ii not too ninth to remain over, thereby insuring
a rcrrular. supply, and protecting the consumer
from the great evil arising from the fluctation of
prices."
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, . Prom the best information 'we can procure, at
., ter diligent enquiries ab-oad, we arcertam the rap
_ ply, on hand at the tat of April to be between'4o
- . and 50,000 toes —say 50 - 000 tons. The whole
, •' stiPply from CI girarters 'al. year, including an
'.: ortalork of 100 000 tons, along with 13030 D tons
se t.to maritek„,by the It sit flood Atom the Ist or
• • ,:1466., to the,lst of April, (nearly all of Which
was consumed) :wa51,221.000 tons; in roundo
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.numbers. Ily deduitin,g 50,000 tons remaining
....,v
' •over, we anise at th consumption for the yea
..ending Aprfl 1, 1843,5 huh was 1,171.00 b tons;
c
-showing an increased onsumpion over the for-
trier year (931,000/tons) of 240 000 tons. This
. - is a large increase, but according to Joe's state
. ment the increased consumptioh venal I have been.
- sbout 350.000 tons. Our reader. will remember
that al.hough the month of March was onus rally
cold, yet January was unusually naild,so th t in.
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point of 'ac•tial severity, the hinter hail:Ten hut
an ordinary . 011 P. . They nil also. upon co "par
ing theiresnit. as Since ascertained , with the fore
,., going sittientints, be .e,zabled without much (MB
' .1' coley, to determine who was right and who was
'wrong:.
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Whilst Anthrax" was pursuing Chit course,
his motiCei far making these misrepresentations
and for reiteratine, that which he must have known
brfa!seispag, were a paradox to many. ,Subse
-.E •• ntlentitifor6ation has, howirer, made.his reasons
07apparent. "Joe owns a tract of Coal - land here,
which, as it has eased to yield him any revenue,
he is very sinus to dispose of fir ?Wore than if
worth; find if he could by any means have
' cre
'ated a short supply, the ellor of Coal lands would
Este been rapidly, enhanced, and he might , have
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sold his property it a favitUralie and profitable
' ..ndraeee- to adtli , ion' to thiv, he was silently cn•
gag ed with a If. ? tise in New York in shipping
coo/ last,year and had he succeeded in checking the
.demand, which in bistulsupte egotism ho thonght
himself able to elreet, would hire made a hand
some. . ,
vpeculation upon the adventure.
• All this tion.=Mr. Joe Silver was crying-down
the Miners. Journal. and took ; esperint care to in
,' ' . ..irrin.the cOrn:nunity that we were' interewed in 'the
'tiade Ind that our waternentaWere incorrect.' We
have adverted to the matter only for the purpose
gaper:its: Cie eyes of our readers to the naked
r ocaaracler °film man, ea 'well as to the ridiculous
-i t yr.tem of butoliuggery obich he has been prac.
t i nting with the ,bops of bendatmg his own plicate •
'Merest. We have elvers /said. and we now,
if,tre 11 .- double warrat.t fur repeating i', that Joe
•-Ll. ver scold, look complacently upon the utter
and complete prostration of the trade, he affects so
rorrli . solicitude for, if by/the downfall his own
.. Iruiret would in any degrfie be bend:lnca. With'
~, t%ctsr enraged in the Tr4tle, both here and abroad,
orgomen's have had but little or no effect—
re' evw two may have been imposed, upon, but,
I tiler Ibtiv, we !Link it scarcely probable that evert
thry veil theml.elces to bc blinded. Those
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Iwho have given credence tiJ any of bis artic!elsans_
the iconsunwre, who, igncirantof the business se
Well es of his ehsracter, have been misled by his
specious looking ,dorrines, and:have giiren him
credit fiiihonesty. and singleiteas of purpose.
:Now we would ask the mailer to contemplate
the result whi-h. would have ensued if the,arga
menta and predictions of this modern prnphel had
been listcne4l tn. If he had succeeded iu his.ob
ject of checking tho supply of ,coal, What would
have been the effect upon thi; poor abroad. They'
would probably have suffered but tilde inPhilsdel
phis. but with all the avenues - tothe other Markets
closed, the coal in other place., enhanced by iu
scarcity, would have risen from "10 to 12 dollars]
per ton; and the prior, weighed down at the time
by the yellow; causes which created noir:creel de-
pression, would bite sufferell incaletMl3y. lt
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may. be said thar• misrepresedtations fur specula
ting purposes arc sins of no very gri-vous character,
but fir our pert, we 'cannot imagine a more black
heard speCulato!, then lie whiy "Would endeavor
to enriCh,hirtiself by curtailing the necessariei of
life, or 'the supply, of find toe communi.y.
We would also ask, what can palliate the con
duct of a paper. which, at the came time it was
professing friendship and protcction for this-poor,
was lending itself to the publication of those fslre 7
bnods---ge dourly defending the propagator, and
abusing alt who attempted in any ?egiee to coun
teract the et.il which be in'enited. The Public
Ledger has, in its whole course relative to this
matter, act, d ea the /made panderer to Joe !Meer's
interest,. Ths plea of ignorance will not avail
them now, for they have pretended to great om.
niscience in • twain!, -s matters, and arrogated to
themselves such a perfect knowledge of our trade,
that the confe..ion would he humiliating.
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Oen .Boartectinatts
would call the 'gentian of our citizens again to
the almost bare appearance of out borough,• and
would ailaiie them, now 'that the proper a aeon
has arrived. in make effort. to beautify and im
prove it. We hive frequently urged/rpon them
the p'anting of ornamental shade treeoa nog our
side walks, and although it is every where admit
ted that such a thin would adorn the appearance
of the tercets, sit Ogive them a more pleasant and
cheerf•Jl .spec', yet they are still remaining in
B lau quo, no one caring to tune. first in the im
provement. Some persona have objected to this
mode fur the reason that it would interfere with
or affect the frilliness of the ton n. 'lbis is cer
tainly very frilachlte. for. whirever it has been
tried, the reverse ha" been the tenth. In the
East this method of iiiiprovernent is universally
resorted to, and we can see no objection to its a
doption here, on the contrary; the effect:wet:lld be
gratifying to all who love cheerfulness and beau
ty. Jo the heat of gummier our denizens are for
ced to useiwnings before their stores; how much
more delightful would be the cool shade of a na
tive-Linden ! %We hops to see our citizens make
an exertion towards this improvement—this is the
proper season for transplanting, and beautiful
shade trees in every waj suitable, can be had in
our immediate neighborhood.
We Would also call the attention of our bor
ough officers to the ragged and uneven situation
of many of the side walk,. They ought to be re
paired, for it is absolutely dangerous to pass along
them on a dirk night,'so filled are they with min
iature mountains, ravines, end gullies. •
(11 . Notwitlastandipg the depressed situation
of the times, we are pleased to learn that the Mi
ners' Bank has effected a sale of that property be
longing to them on Centre street,-eitending horn
the PuttsFille House Routh 120 feet. This pur
chase includes the large brick building lately own
ed by Mr. John C. Merman, supposed to be un
dermined by the Coal vt in which crosses the bor
ough underneath. The low frame house at the
'corner which has stood for many years. is to be
torn down, and a large new store, house erected
in its stead. This improvement ,will add greatly
to the appearance of our borough.
Snow Bzer.—The rival victuallers of our bor-
ough, Mr. John S.t-s and- Mr. Simon Strouse,
caused gone a display on Thursday last whilst
exhibiting the beauty and fatness of their respec
tive beeves. Each party was accompanied with
music', and the poor devoted animals were deco-
Tided with ribbons, oranges,' and • placards. The
animals being- in fine condition, our citizens will,
revel in the luxury of fine roasts, sirl,in steaks;
Arc , for a few (lave.
THE Coot. TeAne.—On all sides we see she
busy marks of reparation for the appros , hing bu
*fleas of the season.. Care 14e being put in order
—boats repaired, and all the necessary arrange
ments made. The prospect to our dealers this
year, is a very flattering die, and we feel convin
ced that all rrtions of tfie region will unite in
prirsiiinfs that cnnrae, which will insure them ad
equate profits and a vgular demand.
Dimair.—The resseiigar trati.:of ems (ruin Phil
ailehthie, seas Arleyed on Weenecill teat several
hours beyond their impel time et arrival, in conse
quence of a 4. slide" of reek and dirt, which fell
rip'lrl the track near Manayuntr. The mesa of ob.
tauction will, it is slid, amount to upwards of
7000 tons, and call take some days to remoye.—
The.ep_mpany have made 'arrangements to trans
port the passel:tors without delay until it is remo
ved.
COn.MACIEI•ZiIt 'ACQ,CHITTRO.—The Court
Martial lately called upon this ease have returned
a arrdict , of honorable 'acquittal in favour of that
officer, of , all the ctiargos and "specifications pre.
hired agiiin4t him by the Secretary of the Navy,
and the finding cf the Court has been opproOd
by the President of the United Mates.
Caj tt..—Abhough the canal bat beta in navi
gable order for the la 4 week—only three or four
boat loads of coal have been shipped so fir, very
fcw or the content and bastmen are ready tot bu-
MID
02 1. We received s capital conundrum through
the Pot.t office the other day, which we cannot
publish without the author's name. Will he please
call upon ui I
Corr. Pitit.•nr.Leitt a.—The United Sates
Gazette istiniates the quantity of coal of all kinds
in the market, on ,the Bth inst., at a
pule upwards of eleven throssand tons.
y(r_AAre learn that there are batfire Porter men
to ho foubtl in this quarter. Two of these bold
office under the Governor, and tbe,other three ex
pect to receive offices.
Ctz:r C.pt. Partridge delivered a lecture at the
Philadelphia museum on Tne i sday evening, on a
variety of interesting subjects. A number of the
military and citizens were present.
'• The D.reftels.of Rhode Island, propose emigre.
tinglo the Western 'country, so They leave the
country far tbeTcsontry's good." . •
Flour in Gucftsii, Ohio, is selling at $2 75
per barrel—buttei at 8 cents—.eggs 5 cents per
dozen--beef 4 cent -and pork 3 cats per lb.
Schuylkill Nasigi'ion 8 ock is - idling at $3O
per share, l'hilsde'Ohio and Reading 1411 Road
Stock at $l2 SO pei shat'.
The Merit of Pennsylvania ` hes annminced the
intuition of resuming specie payments, on Mon
next.
tcy , A noisber of horses have peeved through
our tboroujh for the last torooseelts in droves. des.
tined, it is •sai'd, for the Philadelphia market.
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Legislative.. . .42
Friday of Itreek. d uma ie - Ho of ' re
wmtatives took up followitii bil which wale
all Paikaid and sent tO the.Govent:
A Bill to Bell the-Maine line of iiiprovements
at tl.6,ooo.ooo—yeis 50, nays db.
4 Bill to sellthe Delaware Division it $1,650,-
000--vith s provision.nuaoheitgrandng-thecom
puny privilege to construct an outlet Lock, to
connect with 'the Delaware and 'Rattail Candi,
was also piessed—yens's7,usys 20. •
A Bill to give the North Branch Canal, from
the month of the Lackawanna creek to Northam+
berland, to the North Branch . Canal Company.
was debited at some length but no vote taken.
The Committee tif Conference on the bill•pro•
viding for the cancellation of $50,000 Relief Notes
On the lest days of April.. May end lune, and
$lOO.OOO per month thenceforward.; for the pay
ment of Domestic Creditors; end the arpointment
of Evans Rogers of Philadelphia. James Clarke,
of Indiana, and tin f State Treasure,. es•Corilmis•
sinners on the part of toe State In dispose of her
Corporation Skeke at wile to the highestbiddel
or et private salev 7 ireported a bill in conformity
with the above * description ; Which waridopted
in both Houses, and sent to the Governor. t•
Several times dcting the week the House had
under consideration the resolution relative to the
attempt to bribelvlr. Hill. ' The committee ap•
pointed to prepare articled of impeachment against
William Overfield, Witt 1 ant reporting when
the fracas between hlcGow ti and Bretton oc
cun•ed.
On. Monday motnirig the two Houses went in:
tu convention, according to adjournment, for the
nbrPose of balloting.for a State Printer. As the
IT, giving the 'printing to the lowest bidder re
hi ined in the hands of the Executive, the com
mittee adjourned until Thursday last.
i In the House; the Bill authorizing the Banks
o issue small iu4es, parsed atrial reading by a
°to of 49 to 33, and was sent to the Senate. It
authorizes the Banks, which redeem all their ha
bilities in specie, td issue one_ two and three ddl
14r bills to aft amount not exceeding 25 per cent.
on their capital , stark. .. • .
CONNECTICUT ELECTION .--The result or the
Itre election in- the State shows no Choice for *Go•
vernor nor, probably, of any of the State officers.
The vote stands thop:
Baldwin (AVitig)
Cleaveland (Loco)
Gillette. (Abolition)
Scattering
The “Cinirant" observes.--. The Whig party in
this state,. though not triumphint, has sustained
itself nobly. Their organisation it preserved—
their vote has been greatly increased since last
year, and they are ready to do their duty in future.
A noble and determined spirit pervaded them.
Those who this year have given their votes in sup
port of correct-principles may alwayabe relied on.
The energy -and
,enthusiasm with which the Pre
sidentialition Will be conducted, cannot fail to
increase the Whig strength by:thousands, and we
are confident that donnectient will then east het
vote for the Whig candidate."
Ai crrnin Pascss.—A disgraceful scene occur
red in the Hall of the House of reprientstives. on
Saturday last, between EdwardMeGowen, of Phil.
edelphia couniy, and Mr. Bretton, the editor of
the *Pate Capitol Gazette. Bretton had charged
McGowan, tbiough the paper, with being bribed
to vote against for State Printer. McGowan
went up to him in the Hell, after the papers bad
been distributed , among the members, and after
some words spit is Bretton's face, and threw the
paper at him. A iscuifie enened, and blows were
struck, when MeG. drew a - dirk and followed
Bretton. who fled ' behind the Speaker'S chair; he
there caught up to him end drove the dirk into
his back, inflicting an ugly, bat not a fatal wound.
Only one blow with the knife was given. When
the weapon was taken from McGowan pt wee bent
into a, curve by the force o ith which it had mina
in'contect with the bane.
Sraian.—lt here at last; and Wady as its
approach bas beew, we hail it with gladness. The
balmy zephyrs oil the few last days feel peculiar
ly grateful whet compared with the inclement,
unerrlam kind of weather we have been so long
experiencing. Vistons of spring bonnets, gay
COlciured shawlz, and all aorta of summer toggery,
flit by our eyes; especially when we , turn them
from the contemplation of the ••keeond Mountain"
—the north side of whitholirectly in view, is
covered from summit to base . with quite a deep
coal of snow. Notwithstanding all this we feel
half inclined—and then again we don't exactly
know—but 'however we think it most probable,
that old Winter has wrapped his cloak around
him and is at Isit making tracks away.
Cnrys.—The Ne_4lf., York. papers , contain an
account of a great not and fire which occurred in
Canton about the first of the year, caused by the.
enmity of the people towards the British factors.
th. - ve. From the account, wh•ch is quite a lengtryv
ono• we'should suppose that the difficulties with,
r, ngltur.l are about recommencing. Very little::
regard T .erems tt he paid to the late treaty through
out the Empire. Gni:t respect is manifested
them for all Amerieani,,anci wherevei they Inter;
fered to protect °theirs from the assaui;,,, of the riot
Cr,. they met with . resistance. The Ct;nests
are busily engaged in building fortifications, and;
it is said, that a number of foreign engineers arc
assist.ng in their conitructior.. England %NA
soon have her hands fall.
YEA YORK ELICTIONS.Ttie Municipal fa
lection for Mayor, Aldermen, &c., took place to
the city of New York, on Tuesday last. It rest*
red in defeating Smith. the Whig candidate Int
Mayor. bia:majority of 5765—Mords is etec.tep. w
The Tribune of Tuesday, charges the Locos ith
importing (To itandied pipe layers from
delphia, each of whom, it is prebable, voted froo
ter, ti twenty. times. The vote is much treavirr
than that polled on any previous occasion, and the
Whig vote is heavier than i was ever given at a 4
Charter election before. ' lt is the opinion of tfie
Tribune that a majority of legal votes were poP
ed fur Smith
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Monroe Edwards,., the distinguished cop.
tics, made a very ingeniouir, although unsuce*
ful. wtempt to escape from Sing Sing Prison !Olt
week. He had pretended insanity a fectdavy4o
- and having procured a battle of hiandi aijd
some crackers, ensconsed himselfin a large dra.
er, after leaving his cap with a note contaiti4ig,
reasons for his suicide, on the wharf of the
It was no go; he was discovered and as a premititn
for his ingenuity received fifty lashes on his bitie
back. 77.1
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A Liar EFFORTIrIf II nave from a high
end creditable source that four young bachelori;nf
our horont?,h, driven to desperstOn by the coq4t
ry of their tormentors, have pledged themselves
by solemn enntract to become husbands before Oe
close of this yearr. - As the contracting parties !'tire
in every way eligible; we may expect to heir a
flutter among the other tribe gout). Girls bewiith!
*forewarned is forearmed !"
gj.. linabb of the Reading Semite having gys.'
posed of his interest in that paper to J. L. Getz,
Esq., took leave of his friende last Saturday in fan
exceedingly if happy valedicto. He is a good
fellow, and has our wishes for d s success wherPv.
er his lot may be cast. Theaze}te will hereof.
ter be condUctedby Boyer do i, 1
: p ! po .
`':kThe coil Trade from f4au4 1.: .unk, commen
eel on Wednesday last.
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1 .. ' THE. - -':'..MI.N r ER5'.' ::17jOtiiiNAL:
4 Taxas.--11,2 the lasi Gapreittorl`
it appear!, tlisktheMexicareltave Propirtedieti.
cies of genera arnttest - y. for the consideration of ,
thir nearfteinblie. The proposition wee .em in
by Judgb Robirsou, mitt - of the Tannprisoners
captured at Stn Antonio. It is as follows
- I st.. :nroposed that Texas shouldacknonl
edge the - sovereighty of Mosier!.
2J..A general act of emptily to be pseud for
past sets id Tina*.
'Bd. Tessa to form an independent department
of Mexico. ••
Texas' to be - represented in the general
,Congresr. -
sth. Testes to institute, or originate all local
lime, roles and regulations.
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6th. No Mexican troops under any ,pretext
whatever to be atationed in Texas.' '
It was reported in Galveston, that the siege of
Cempeschy was to be raised about the lit of A.
'pril. ; The Mexicans have already list ore fifth
of their army thireli,
Was Paoscnierios—Niw DavateramenTs.
General Van Rensellser, in a late statement to the
public, shoes that be was removed from office for
not complying with the mandate to force twenty.
three postmasters in his county to support a news.
paper in favour of Jahn Tyler. He publishes the
correspondence containing the infamous request,
and like a gallant old soldier, has taken up the
hatchet determinedly 'gait* thnparty that would
have corrupted him. He alleges that he holds the
proof of Mr. Tyler being 'friendly to chartering
United Slates Bank when bp first awarded the
reins of government as acting President, "which
proof was left with him, to be used only in self
defence, and in support of which he will now of.
ter hie oath.
By the following statement it will bsperceiv.
ed that the principle of protection is being pmy
deafly experiencesd in the East. The facts which
are forcing themselves upon as daily, are galling
arguments by which to rebuke thidestructive doe.
wine of Free ?radials : \.>
0 The Massachusetts manufacturers have so
improved their machinery and their skill, and
the prices of Wool are so moderate, that they can
now make excellent mousseline! de lain-ehat
is,"woollen muslin—at a cost amity eight dents
per yard. It is also said that, the Lowell mills
are making fine cloths and cassimeres, equal to
the imported and at a cost as favorable. Impor
tant irnpqwetnenta are steadily making in the a.
hove departments which enable our manulacto.
rent to compete successfully with those of Eu
rope.
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26,576
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Carr Tao. Rvit.s.—We are indebted to Mr.
TregO, of the House of Representatives, fora ye-
Table repcirtmn the subject of renewing the Rail
Roads of the State, with Pennsylvania Cast Iron
Rails. The committee, in addressing themselves
to the Canal Commis s ioners, concludes as follows:
To that Hoard. then, they respectfully end ear
'lastly recommend a,:thorougfiand impartial inves.
ligation of the subject, andiiii4ttentave consider.
aiion of the arguments and 60v-stated in this
report ; believing that they will perceive the ex
pediently of renewing, With rails of Pennsylvania
with caseironoit kastso much of the State railways
as may serve fairly to teat,by acing use, the com
parative merits of cast and of rolled mils, when
subject to equal circu.mstarieci of trial.
ROODS fitcson.—The following is the result o
the late election in this State. '
Fenner.
Caipenter,
LBW eod order,
Dorrites,
Hot's.
Law!nlorder,
Dorntes,
This result shows * complete extinction of Dor
rim from •the State.
Al Nannow EscArs.—The Richmond Comli•
lee.. of Friday says—Some of the officers of the
Navy are now in our city, for the purpose of in.
seeming and proving the mow, cannon cast for
Government at the Tredegar Foundry. The pro.
cess of proving harbeen going on for two or three
days past. Wednesday a ball from one of the
cannon glanced across the upper part of the Belle
Isle and passed through the Cotton Factory on
the opposite side of the river. It passed over the
head of one of the factory girl., who vile sitting et
her work. Had she beimstlniling, it would have
taken off her head. Quite a narrow escape. Pre
cautions Will be taken to prevent the intrusion of
•
theme balls.
Goon!—On Saturday, the Concord train of
cars were arrested by he cry that the bob of a
man had been caught and crurhed under the
wheels. The paesengem slighted and walked
back to the spot, end there he laid, horribly, man•
glad, and hie head completely severed from his bri
dP. The i heed was discovered to be a red ea,
61:go. the body was mute of straw. and one 9 the
passengers remembered that it was the firs of A
pril.
The Philadelphia cOrre-pondent of the N. Y.
Trißune says About the first of May anoth
er grand turn-out is contemplated in our Custom
House. Of course, Judge Blythe will select his
own assistants, since John Tyler has declared •to
him belongs all appointments !_ It has very late
ly come over the •4 Captain to make such an avow-
Yet tt Is absolutely true."
Hem 4 a chance—ran boys I run !
COLD in lowa.—Winter has been unusually
severe in lows. The Mississippi has been bridged
with ice sit Burlington, for five months and it ap•
pears by meteorological data kept at Bloomington.
that the mercury in the thermometer was below
Zero on November, tour times in December,
Avrtinsei in January, nine times in February, end
three (lines in March, up to the 1016. 7 -Cold county
"hat ! ,
Comore DacEsioy.—The Circuit Court of the
United States for the district of Alidisms has de.
'Aided that the marriage of white man with an'
'lndian Woman, according to the foetus and customs
Of the Choctaw nation, is void that a civilized
Man is inespatie of contni'eting marriage with a
ravage, and that their o ff spring is illegitimate, and
,cocitcl not inherit..
4
The .lections.throoghout the State of N. York
have resn very favorable for the Whin. In
iseveral irdportant towns the Locofuco majorities
lof last year were completely reversed, whilst in
Abe city of New York the result is more disastrous
to the whig party than it has been for a number
of yeara past.
In the present day the fee of a physician in
Spain is said to be twd.penee from a tradesman,
ten-pence from the men of fashion and nothing
from the poor. Some noble families 'pep with
the physician_by the year, paying him annually
foursccire reels, that is sixteen shillings, for his at
tendartM3 on them and their families.
Nast' or a SENATOL—The lion, Samuel
Mcßoberts, Senator in Congress front Illinois,
died
, at Cincinnati on Monday aged about 40
yeats'.l His death was caused by a mid which he
took in, crossing the mountains on his way home
from titik,lession.
NoTas.—lt is donbtful_whether many
Banlui will accept t h e provisions of the law au
thorizing Ina Banks to issue small noes, as it
now tanits. -
humid:S.-mos.—Two honed Int& labourers
were dneherged from their work on the Erie ca•
nal, last creek. for twins voted the Whis ticket.
SEM
FOR GOVERNOR.
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Edll loitit*.;-ot r Alteiso.
agar;
cgs frao
kinaar told Ali wife bad A fitAt in p,igladelphis
-or!Baturday last;i-tha woman tibippitt I
Tlietitu.ArO'atook,affair lbal..ereated quite an
64ra: 1 ;1 11 1n piesayinnarriedt;•.•
Daniel Wetarte!,, Was in Boston on Friday of
last creek,_ '
•_ Col. R. M. Johnson. is • Candidate for Congress
in the Lexington Ky., district.
. The depreciation of foreign coin' in Philadelphia
meets with great opposition.
The Editor of the Villsge Record tuts been lux
uriating in a present of fresh radishes. flu none
of our intimate friends a hot house 1
Mr. trade!! of the Norristown Herald has aeso•
elated with him in the eootMl of the paper Mr.
Butler formerly of West Cheerer. We welcome
him to the corps.
The citizens of Philadelphia, see subscribing for
the purchase of s splendid sword to be presented
to Com. MacKenzie.
They had quite 'an ethlbition of meteors at
Detroit last week—one of them esploded like the i
crack of s cannon whilst passing over that city.
The Whigs have elected their candidate in . blew
Dedfoid Mass., by a majority of 801.
The wife of Graves, the absconding Treasurer of
Mississippi,. has returned to the Governor, the
sum of $91,000.
Mad dogs have made their appearance in Phil.
adelphii. They have' been received very inhos;
pitably.
The DaltiMore ladies are said to be great at
fist fight. Three of them flogged • poor Dutchman
last week.
'The Water has been let into the Canal at Pitts•
burg and the Navigation has commenced.
The great '.Father of Waters" boa swallowed
ap another steamboat. The M. White" was
sunk a few days !ince, near the mouth of the Ohio.
&re* Ann Conckling was sent to the Ntete
Prison New York. Immure she would have two
husband*.
The Westilianch-Canal packet bosts,conimpn
ced Weir regular trip on Mondstiast.
The ednfant School House," at Reading, was
entirely destroyed by die, last week. The fire-
men, it is said, had s scrimmage a /a Phi/adcfphia,
pat for fun.
Will Corporal Streeter please inform ns
bow his organ of benevolence is 1
ca Aire. Miller, the woman who ran off with
her husband has returned to Stanfield. Coon. It
is said that shiktritends appying for a divorce.
A family consisting of threepersonv,were recent.
ly drowned--in attempting to cross the river at
goincy,lll. • -
EMI
The greatest inveniion.of Modern limes is
said to De that moral machifl called a Temper
-,
anee Society
The lades of Baltimore am raising a subscrip
tion for thed purple of presmiting Corn. McMac
kenzie 'yak a pair of epaulettes.
Costarslota Maciizzais.—Clark A. Wilson,
one of' the late, apprentices of the Somers, has
brought" n action in New York against Cowman:
der Mac" imam, and laid his daMages at $lO,OOO.
The Co nmander,ps arrested on the sth instant,
a t big esidenee in Tarrytown, and held to boil in
the sum of $2OOO.
Messrs. Upshur and Porter will, it is said visit
each navy yard and fortification in the Union du
ring the summer. I •
Within the list three or four days, more than
eight hundred persons have received their certis
- of Naturalization, in the city of New Yolk.
The steamer J. M. White, recently lost, was in
sured in the city of Pittsburgh for the sum of
The amount of Treasury Notes out•standing on
the Ist of April, was $1 (0338,387.
Mr. Proffitt, has been appointed Minister to
Brazil.
The Virginia election will take place on Tues
day the 27th inst.
A Can Meetling was hold at Trenton on Ties
day last—nearly 150 persona were present, half
of whom were boys.
A beautiful sword was presented toCaptiso Part.
ridge. by the Wm. Wirt, Institute on Wednesday
evening last.
“Wbat." inquired the schoolmaster. what is the
plitral of penny I *Twopence r shouted the
sbarpest lad in the class.
/ Sheridan had a very convenient formula as a
reply to the new publications that were constant
ly sent him, Vie: ..Dear sir, I have received your
exquisite work, and I have no doubt I shall be
highly delighted after I have read it."
The eye is the window of the soul, through
which we may see the workings of the heart.
Judge Andrews of Western Circuit, Geo.; died
on the Ist inst.,
The Counterfeiters have been driving a Strong
1 1 trade in the Southern part of Philadelphia. Up
wards of $2OO were passeAswithin two squares on
Saturday last.
Counterfeit ten dollar notes on the Western.
Bank are in circulation. They are about a quar
ter of en inch shorter than, the genuine notes.
The steamer Columbia,, Captain Judkins, arriv
ed at Halifax on Tuesday A. the 4th inst.
Brooklyn, N. Y, has carried 11 Whigs to 7
lacAs in the Councils. Lest year the locos had
the 11.
Arracvzso SCIINS AT Woonntrair.—An eye
witless describes the interview of young Mercer
his faintly, immediately atter the acquittal, as
a islet's of extraordinary pathos. Sarah fell on her
knees before her brother, as, soon as he entered the
syartment, and implored fits, foreiveness for the
peril and suffering is which hellVintewsubjected
on her account. The mother embraced her son, 1
(whom she regarded almost as one restored from
the grave,) with that joy and gladness which find
no anaemia Inivords. The youth, on his part,
discovered all that intensity of affection which,
farms the most agreeable trait in his character..
hung on his sister's neck and assured t ber of KO,
perfect forgiveness, begging her to consider herself
blameless, and attributing the efilictiTs thej -be&
just passed through to one who had made a fall
and fearful atonement for his guilt. Our infor.
mant, who is not used to the melting mood, left
the room completely overwhelmed by the artless
display of filial;- fraternal4nd,parental emotions he
had witnessed. Phil. Mercury
Sscts.—We know one Leonard Jones who
got tip a sect of uLive Forayers," and actually
bed lollowers w .o believed they would never die--
They had an tabliahment in- the lower part of
Kentucky, and ere getting along quite well on
til an epidemic] thinned off the believers. Jones
afterwards tries to form a sect "Non Katers,"l , and
got some disciples to this school. They were to
eat less and len every day until they entirely lived
upon nothing. He made a bold effort to conform
to his own ailed, until he happened ta, stop at the
Galt House, in Louisville, two years ago, where
a roast turkey so moved his bowels that he fell
from grace into the grease of the sauce pan, and
subsequently turned Mormon. and pethaps,filles
rite eince.--N. 0. Bee.
, .. ~
(12. We havO s teceitUd thiTollowing !commiini
:cation (rem : lfew Yeti, - anit,Pobligkit .because
we think - iiiiiht thiit„ both; itidesatioild'be heard
and understood. :tome of the evils of ',which the
writer complains we -ichnow edge need remedy-
I
*ng,particularly the injorrous custom of peddling
' oaf; indulged inlv some of. the producers. If
e colliers of the regioft would confine all their
operations end. esettions to this region exelchive
ly, and not.evince that tontine! anxiety to ped
-dle and force their coal into minket, they would,
by such a course, enhance the price—increaie the
demand; and benefit their own interests greatly.
This evil cannot be folly remedied because a num
ber of boatmen, with small capital, are engaged
yearly in carrying coal into the minket to sellv.n
their own account. The writer also- complains
of the winter transportation over- the .rail road;
this will *toile be the case whenever there is a
demand, end cannot be tf4eilled. As to the charge
of favoritism made against the Philadelphia and
Pottsville Rail 'Road Company, and the rumour
that the' Forest Improvement Company is to re.
ceive greater facilitiesthan bthers,,we have no ev
idence of it; and although we have heard it so
nimered, yet we do not think .he Rail Road Co.
i so blind to their own interest uto entertain any
idea of such a comae: ,
FOII TBS • MlBllie JOVII3!.IYL.
COAL TRADE.
Nay. , 'Vont, April. 11th, 1843.
Mn Eorrou :--I wish to vey n few words in
your papin on the subiset °title cold trade. I ern
deskr in this efty, sad make it s point to watch
whet appears in you paper from week to week in
-relation to toil. You !lave. published several Cr.
tide's lately, in which you advise the miner out to
sell unless they get good remonerating. prices.—
This is snood and wholesome advice; but can the
miners follow it? They say that the first step in
cooking a dolphin is to catch him—and as it takes
two to make a bargain. I think that the buyers as
well es the sellers of coat have got to agree to a
good price, before the article can be sold.
-- Now let me give you a few reasons why I think
that you won't very readily find toners to make
such a bargain. It will dU no harm at any rate,
for you to publish them, so that miners may con
sider upon them. Well then in the first place,
fur three winters past, bowie keepers and other
consumers have found that they coult: boy coal
cheaper in the dead of winter; than in the dog
days—and they are getting tired of that game.—
So if you miners continuo to come to our docks
with their canal Wats, and peddle out their coal,
they won't find the-consumers very ready to buy
—they won't be frightened more than three years'
out.of four, by the cry of short supply, and high
winiet prices. They find by experience thatthey
can keep their money till winter, and thencouy
cheaper than in summer. So the pedlats IWin't
sell at hiih'pricos, nor at any prices to the hOuse
keepers, if they come here with their coal. iWill
the dealers buy it and lay if op in their yartla I I
guess not, at the prices you seem to be thifilting
or. How can they, , with any safety t all
of you miners token a comae that ruins 'the *mi
ens ? Hoist can they afford to pay yard rer4, of
tent anti other eSpell4Ffp, summer sod wittier,
and buyifiiii 7 coal, wile. you keep oendins ipur
canal boats here to retail coal at the whirred
They won't do it, nor they can't do it long; tt
they veld, if the mtnersiteep up that sort of Wilde
—and in 'the long ron, the miners will find that
in ruining the dealers, they ruin their beat friends.
Well yon ain't content to lepoil the summer trade
in that, nap e but you most go and make the Read
ing Rail Road to bring coal In winter as well as
summer, and so make it sure that a dealer can't
get any profit on coat th.t he lays up for winter
saber. What chance is there now to make any
mousy on coal elated for winter sales? The mar
ket can't rise--fur the moment there is any loin-
cation that my, enrick comes coal down the
Reading Rail Road, in the dead of winter, to kill
the poor dealer, that hoped to get a little advance
on the stock he bad piled op in his yard. Now
this don't help the miner to get good pukes.
Then again bow many companies have. Ton got
in the coal trade, that have no right to be in ill
There is do Delaware and Raritan Canal Co..
carrying it on in the none of Capt. Stockton—
and there is that rotten Northampton Back, some
where on the Lehigh—end it is said and believed
here,. that the Reading Rail Road Co. is going to
try its hand in the market through the Forest Im
provement Co. The Forest Improvement Co. is
to be allowed to bring its coal over the Rail Roa.l,
• •
On beato terms than any body else--and all the
Reading Rail Road people make themselves very
busy to recommend and sell that coal. So here
is a league of these two companies, to the injury
of every body else. Well,here at home, we've got
the Lackawanna Co., and they sell coil dog cheap,
summer and winter. We used to think their coal
was good for, nothing, and in no knife way—
but that story won't do any r ; people hat/ foond.out that it ain't true, so they cleseAeir
coal out elm] and smooth every year—and every
year they, bring a still larger quaniitiond sell it
still lower. They seem to kearpaight aide up. and
go ahead even in the woritt-dimes. Now sir, just
publish all thte, and let'ihe miners reed it, and
consider tell me if , you please, how you
calculate, when you say coalardl be higher—and
above all, tell me howl can make any money, by
baying to sell again, if all this kind of irade, that
I mentioned, is to be kept up ! Don't the miners
see that is is not their interest to destroy the deal-
era When the dealers are ruined ern] gone.
who will buy coal of the miners in-summer, to lay
up for winter sales! And ain't the miners striv
ing to ruin the dealers by sending their b o ats here,
with cargoes to retail (luring the summer.' and by
sending it over the'Reading Railroad during the
winter I
ft iv bad enough for us to hese to meet a par
cel of rotton corporations, in the retail market;
but if the miners are also to come into the market,
against us as retailers, we may as well quit the
trade at once, as attempt to straggle any' longer
in it. A Saw YORK Dative.
trivsaconass WITII FOREIOII Na
1842, the United States had 178 Political and
Consular Agents in foreign countries ;—8 Minis
ters Plenipotentiary, with salaries of $9,000 etch,
besides $9,000 outfit ; four Secretaries of Legation
with a salary of $2,000 ; one' Minister Resident,
K(COminodore, Porter, et Constantinople), with a
eatery of $B,OOO ; one Dragoman, to legation at
'Constantinople ; eleven Charges d'AtTeirs with
with salaries each of $4,500 ; and one hundred
and fifty fair Consuls - and Commercial Agents.
France has up Political add - Consular Agents
abrosd,—ten Ambitisadors, With salariei varying
fr0m,59,975 to $.58A5134 twenty one Ministers
Plenipotentiary, with salaries varying from $4,688
to $18,750; two ) Charges d'Affaires; three 843.
cretaries of Embstsies ; fifteeti leattscher. twenty
four Consuls Generals with salarievVarying from
$2 800 to $8.159 and eighty;sevon Consuls of
the first and second class, whose salaries vary from
$1,500 to $5,250. The saltily of the FrendkCon•
aul at Canton is axed at. $7,500.
AN Ott Lintses , Pisotettos.----While et
Lewisburg a few dope since, one of these old abori
gines declared that the waters would be four fret
higher this spring, than they have ever been before.
His reason, "the Bears are digging their boles
four feet higher than they ever did` before." • This
old "man lives on the bead waters emptying into the
West Brach of the Illusquettanna,—/ifinonicts.
LIEI
To. Tea gDITOI OF TB* 1 4 11211 tie
13,111211TT runways; April 4. 1843.
Dear'Sik':—jrn your valuable paper of April 1;
1843, I met with en aide and well written article
on the subject of 4. A 'Letter addressed toe dial
tingoished- member of the U. &Senile. Van im
porter of English wrought iron," signed aTrntlt: 4
Now siOI am an Englishman. and an old Iron
nissler;.l Itave.been engaged in the Iron business
all my life, ;a IVNilla like to 'know why theEng
fish Iron masters recommend the Rolled Iron gals"'
to American citizens, and they use the Cast Iron
Rails at homel 4am sorry id see that there are
amongst us still some traitorous hearts, that would
gladly bring us ""back - again under he hammei
of the English market, and to annihilate our own
Iron trade, which is about ; beginning' to prospet
under the beneficial influence of the now tariff of
duties.
I-am well acqerointed with the follorshig !rid
works in Wales and England, viz; Treleger Sur:
rutve,'Penucar, Illuford, Nantuglo, Blame and
Blanhoven, and to testify that they al-ruse the
Cast Iron Rail for ad their transportations-rand
I have frequently seen mine and ten tons trans
ported on each of their burthen cars over the Cast
Iron hails—and not longer nil • than five years
many of these roads were new laid with the Cast'
frontßails. • •
I would also like to know what their wrought
Iron tai's are made,of—whether they ere made .
from the Imola Iron ore—el whether one ter
or two thirds of it is not made of !Norge Cinden
To my knowledge they have bought all-the old
tinder hilts and tweed them ever to pick the cin
dere out to make wrought Ra Is for the American
market, and there is neither strength or natural
Iron in them,—and yet the people of this coun
try will still be." humbugged" with foreign Ironi
which will not compare with our own manufac,
tore—they witieentiune to use foreign stuff rativ;
er than encourage our own citizens.
I am now making a model for a Cast !mulled
Road which I will have finished in a week or two,
and I intend forwarding it to yon to exhibit is
Pottsville. after which I wi.h you to forward it t •
Mr. Sanderson, of the Franklin House, Philadel•
phis, as he,is at heart an Am rican citizen; anti
will do all in his power to push forward American'
intxreste. This road, which is my own invention;
will entirely do away with all wooden sleepers or
blocks, and if a rail should brekk in six •or
ten pieces it will be impossble to move it out of
place, without pulling part of the road to pieces,
and if a Road is 800 miles lung when put togeth
e- it w, II be all es one 'piece.
lam perfectlpsick and, tired °praying An.ori
ean citizens humbugged with foreign Iron, when'
they: are .ble in - themselves to make superior Iro.e
of all kinds to any BALA Iron that can be iin-
, .
ported. •
I have before me a specimen. of Cold Blasi I.
ran, made at Phoenixville works, which I do testi
fy 6 superior to any thing, they work in the old
county to make.bars of
Your humble servant, •
BENJAMIN PERRY`.
EIIFCCTIOf •So UtLININIC
An Italian named TriCot.i, Was hung at New
Jesus on the 24th ult., for the crime of argil).—
An immense concourse of people witnessed the
awful ceremony. In reference to the ratii of the
criminal. and the dreadful crime of : whkh hi . waS
found k g uilty, and suffered death; the T i ropitt
observes.
Such should be the fate of the incendiary, - aim
wields the midnight torch and threatening deeds.
tiun and death to our community. For years the
house -burner has stalked this city with impetrityr,
like a destroying angel, defying the keenest
scrutiny of legal eu'honty. As though haled a
cherme I life and pursued a chartered path,•thk
cendisry his hitherto eluded justice, and wad'
on his work of "retraction ut.puntshrd.• It isle , '
be hoped the summary enfmcement of the late id'
ilre rase, will strike termr among such evil &ere'
and in fu'ure our streets, will not be illumined
burning dwellings, arirour c itizens op e ned by
the cry of fire at midnight. flee •slue of nor
_criminal laws consist in their certainty of enforce. -
ment, and a few such tramples as Tricottee, will
banish the fearful cribili of arson . from' our limbs:
Immediately after 16,01' body wee taken down
from the gallows, it was placed' ins can and con.'
veyed to the hospital of M. Stone, where it was
¥ in charge of Profits:star thant and his assis
tant J. Milton Sanders. The body was -placed'
one bench in the r• dead house,' and in the pees -,
ence of a nu'inber of spectators, Prof. Grant CQl7ll —
his operationti. The pules of
were first applied tothe median -nerve, of the arm,
and in an instant that member was exercised with
a force which was - truly astonishing. The arm'
rai<ed upend grasped a case of largest insteu
men.t<its if about to throw it at the person who
OE - vested to he tormenting the panel", The frith,
wee neat applied 1,1 the anterior erural nerve. an,
instantly the leg was thrown up, and worked with ,
violence; the muscles protruded .as if they were
strained to their utmost, in the dischstge of some
heavy and violent exercise. The poles of the bat.
tery were now applied to the polio darn, whirl ,
caused one side o 1 body to work in a fearful
manner. The anirrior tibial was next excited,
and the same curiona phenomenon exhibited.—
The. fluid was now iipplted to the spinal cord, and
now it was that the spectators were horrified with
the fearful workings of the dead man's features.--
Joy, sorrow, grief despair, hate, anger, and every
passion which the human features so vividly por
tray, were exhibited in their most energetic form,
till the iii - OTeisional_part of the spectators ( and
there were many present) signified their perfect
willingness that the professor should cease his 01-
peri manta, After bringing the poles in contest with
the semi-lunar gcmglion, the experiments were
ended. It was said by several preessionsl gentle
men present, that they had never witnessed a se
ries of similar experiments which succeeded so ad
mirably as these of Prof. Grant. 'The Galvanic
Battery used was so light-that a small boy carried
it sway, still so energetic is ibis new invention of
Prof. Gram's; that it comprises within itself an in
tense power, which to obtain in the old plan, would
require a series of plates and fixtures, the weight
of wnieh a horse could not bear.
PIGS IN THE POSLIC Frrams.—Who has sot
read Dicken's account of the New York pig re.
turning to his stye, after a day's recreation lathe
mud of the city The perusal of that account re.
called to memory a passage in Horace relating to
the pigs which in his day, now nearly two thou
sand years ago, traversed, in all the dignity of,
pighood,.the thoroughfares of the Eternal City.
In an epistle to Julius Flores, the poet, sets forth
the advanAtiges of a country over a town residence.
SimalKing4afthe streets of Romr,be thus describes
the obstructions they presented'to the pedestrian;
'Mere furious drives a huilderentb his learn ;
An engine there iipheaVes thr; legioned beam, ;
Or ponderous stoner, here jostling wagons jar
With mournful hearses in tumultuous war:
(0- McCrae Gardiner, Dal, editor of Virginia
Chilonicle, was killed a short lime since by More
dock Cook, Esq., of Norfolk. in tlui soma: Oar.
diner drew the pistol. when Cnok trielicbod
it
from him and discharged it.
THE highest price paid in Cash fez all kinds♦
of Conntryfroduce, et
W. H.. MARSHALL'S
OM
CEIMEI
CAST IlitaN
Henna rune a madding dog with baneful ire;
Thence a tile pie. polluted with the mire.
CASH.
Cheap Caah Guinan , Sum.
Corner of Norwegian St. and Mt. Calbon o p," :-1-
Pottsville, April 15 1 1843.